Junius Ive Holderness registered for the World War I Draft, 5 Jun 1917. He was then age 28, living in Cumby, Texas. Born 24 Jul 1888. He was Druggist, self-employed. He was married. He signed as "J. I. Holderness". Junius was described as medium height, medium build, with gray eyes and black hair, bald.

1930 Census. Lived in Hunt Co, in Greenville. Junius was age 41, Owner of a drug store. Lula was working as a saleslady in ready to wear. A niece was living with them - her name difficult to read but seems to be Remal Crabb, age 24, no occupation. They also had a boarder, who was working in the drug store - George Miller, age 21.

Dallas Morning News, 8 Nov 1940Greenville Gets National Roque Tourney in 1941Greenville, TX, Nov. 7. J. Ive Holderness, president of the Greenville Roque Club, has been advised by Ira Fitzgerald, secretary of the American Roque League, Inc., that this city has been chosen as the site for the 1941 national roque tournament, which will be entered by many of the nation's leading players. The tournament will be staged in August.Each year the national roque tournament, lasting about two weeks, attracts approximately 300 persons from throughout the United States. J. D. Smith of Dallas is vice-president of the American Roque League. Dr. J. S. Cooper of Greenville is a member of the board of directors.Wikipedia: Roque is a variant of croquet, but played on hard smooth surface. It was an Olympic sport in the 1904 Summer Games, replacing croquet.

Junius "Ive" HOLDERNESS and Lula Mae CRABB were married on 23 January 1910 in Emory, Rains County, Texas.133Lula Mae CRABB95, daughter of Cornelius Jackson "C.J." CRABB and Ida Belle ADAMS, was born on 26 October 1888 in Decatur, Wise County, Texas.133 She died on 18 June 1959 at the age of 70 in Greenville, Hunt County, Texas.133

Junius "Ive" HOLDERNESS and Alda DUFFEY were married on 21 December 1966 in Rains County, Texas.Alda DUFFEY was born on 7 April 1881 in Emory, Rains County, Texas. She died on 22 April 1973 at the age of 92 in Greenville, Hunt County, Texas.

Greenville Herald Banner, Greenville, TXTuesday, 24 Apr 1973EMORYMrs. Alda D. Holderness, 83, died at 4 a.m. Sunday in a Greenville hospital after a short illness.Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today at the First Baptist Church of Emory with the Rev. Charles Goodson officiating. Burial will be in the Emory Cemetery, under the direction of Coker-Matthews-Peters Funeral Home. She was born April 7, 1881, in Emory, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Duffey.Note: when she married J. Ive Holderness she was three years younger than he - I suspect this was a typo and she was born 1891.She married John McElroy and he preceded her in death, and she later married J. Ive Holderness and he preceded her in death.She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Grover Stuart of Emory; three nieces, Mrs. Marjorie Davis, Mrs. Ruth Braziel, and Mrs. Jack Trimble, and five nephews, P. W. Pearson, E. C. Duffey, Phil Duffey, Joe P. Stuart, and Harrell Cooke.Pallbearers will be Ed Fletcher, Keith Baker, Bruce Bullard, Pete Taylor, Buster Fleming, and L. M. Braziel.